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	ARCHIVE DATABASE  (Registered Version Only)

 This function will archive your database files and store them in the
 \ARCHVIE directory.  This  function should   be used to minimize the
 size of the database if you are running a very active system.  Every
 time you archive  the database, BATS will set up a new database with
 only the USER NAMES preserved allowing you to still maintain optimum
 scanning and statistic totals.  Archiving the database does not lose
 any information,  it simply stores it in a  more compressed  format.
 The log scanner will also do this if it detects that the database is
 reaching its limits.   When the log scanner   archives the  database
 automatically,  it will create a semaphore file that BATS recognizes
 when loading.   If you ever accidentally  archive the database,  you
 can restore it by unzipping   the  archive  into the BATS directory.
 The archive name will   be the  month  and day of the first and last
 call and the extension will be the year of the last call.
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        EXIT BATS

 This  will exit  BATS and  return you  to DOS.  ESC will also allow
 you to return to DOS.
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	PURGE A USERS DATA

 This will purge  a  user's  account  information  from  the DATABASE
 and  all  entries pertaining to  their account. It is real handy  in
 situations where you create a  TEST USER just for purposes of seeing
 if your system works  correctly  for new users. It  will permanently
 remove  the information from  the database,  but will not in any way
 affect the BBS.
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	VIEW ARCHIVED (Registered version only)

 This  will  view an   archived database that you may have created or
 BATS created when the  database  became  full. If BATS detects  that
 the  database  is  getting  too large, it will automatically archive
 the database and then it will create a semaphore file informing BATS
 what reason it had, so that when you load BATS the next time in user
 interface mode, it will explain what has happened.
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	REGISTER BATS

 BATS is not free,  it is  Shareware.  The cost for using BATS is  as
 follows.
 
    $12.00 for non-commercial
    $19.00 for private-commercial (BBS's that charge)
    $25.00 for commercial (BBS's used as support for a corporation)

 For more information on cost please read BATS.DOC

 This  option will appear if you have not registered  BATS,  it  will
 allow  you  to  fill  out  the  questions   required  to  create   a
 registration form, it wil  then generate REGISTER.FRM in the current
 directory. This should be printed  out and mailed in with the amount
 stated above. You may also use   the form contained in BATS.DOC, but
 this is to make it easier for me to read and for you to create.
~~~
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	VIEW CALLS TO SYSTEM

 This will allow you to view all call activity on your system telling
 you who called,  their log  on  and off time,  and  their baud  rate
 connection.

 Special to View Calls:

 When you press ENTER on the highlighted call,  BATS will then search
 for  that  person's  activity and allow you to view all activity for
 that person on that day.  This  lets you   see what someone did on a
 specific day much easier than before.
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	VIEW CARRIER DROPS

 This will allow you to view all carrier drops on your BBS by who and
 when it happened.  This is a good method to see who habitually hangs
 up on the system. Keep  in  mind that many doors will allow the user
 to log off and fool the BBS into thinking they dropped carrier.
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	VIEW DOOR ACTIVATED

 This will allow you to view  all  external programs that the BBS logs
 as being activated. BATS will track the name of the program executed,
 the time it was executed and the user who executed it.

 SPECIAL TO DOORS:  You  can   have BATS  rename  certain strings  and
 IGNORE   others   making the  database   more   readable.   For  more
 information,  please  read the   descriptions  in   ALASDOOR.LST  and
 IGNRDOOR.LST.
~~~
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        VIEW DOWNLOADS COMPLETED

 This  will   allow you to view all downloads completed on the BBS  by
 who, when and what   file was  downloaded.  This can be very helpful.
 For example, if  someone  uploads an infected program to your system,
 you  can   find  out  who downloaded it and inform them of the virus.
 This part  of BATS   can  be   very  helpful   in determining who has
 downloaded what.
~~~
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	VIEW INTERACTIVE EMSI SESSIONS

 This will allow you to view all calls negotiated with the IEMSI logon
 process.  IEMSI  is  a logon system that is supported by many  mailer
 terminal programs and  other terminal packages that allow the user to
 call the system without having to press any keys until they reach the
 main menu.
~~~
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	VIEW MESSAGES POSTED
	
 This will allow you to view all messages posted by whom and what area
 the were posted in.  It  lets  you  see what areas that users post in
 the most.
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	VIEW PASSWORD FAILURES

 This will allow you to view all password failures that have occurred
 on your system,  this allows you to see who may be a problem user or
 whose account may be tampered with.  BATS tracks the user name,  the
 password attempted,  and the date-time of the failure.
~~~
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	VIEW QUESTIONNAIRES COMPLETED

 This will allow you to view all  questionnaires completed on the BBS
 so you  can  always   keep on  top of the answers.   BATS tracks the
 questionnaire file name,   the  user  name  and the date-time of the
 completion.
~~~
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	VIEW SYSOP PAGED
	
 This will allow you to view all pages to the SysOp.  BATS will track
 the user   who  posted  it,  the   reason  they   requested chat (if
 available),  if the page was answered and the date-time of the page.
 This allows you to  write  the user  a letter asking them what  they
 wanted if you like.
~~~
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	VIEW UPLOADS COMPLETED

 This will allow you to view all file uploads to the  BBS  completed.
 BATS  will track the name of the file,  the user who uploaded it and
 the date-time  of the  upload.  This is very helpful in  determining
 who has uploaded what without having to load the BBS,  or other file
 managers.  It will  also  allow  you to search for who uploaded that
 nasty virus.
~~~
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	VIEW USER's ON FILE

 This will allow you to view all users who have been tracked BY BATS.
 This is in no way linked to the BBS user file and is independent  of
 it.   The database tracks the name, first call,  last call and their
 security  level  on the LAST CALL.  The nice thing about this is you
 can always  call up any user that may have been deleted from the BBS
 because they did something wrong or they just stopped calling.
~~~
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	CATEGORY REPORT (Registered version only)

 This   will   generate  a  report   on  one  of  the  nine   tracked
 categories,  to be output to the printer, or disk.  It allows you to
 see what has  happened  in  the selected category since the database
 has been tracking. Its good for looking over the BBS in your leisure
 time.
~~~
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	DATABASE REPORT (Registered version only)

 This will generate a report on the nine  categories of the database,
 to be output to the printer, or disk.  It allows you to see what has
 happened on the BBS in all of  the  categories for  viewing in  your
 leisure time.
~~~
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	USER'S REPORT (Registered version only)
	
 This will generate a report  on  a  user's  total  system  activity,
 to be output to the printer, or disk.  This allows you to see what a
 particular user has done on the BBS if need ever arises to  evaluate
 him/her.
~~~
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	SYSTEM ACTIVITY GRAPH

 This  will display  your system's  activity as  a graph.  The graph
 will always  show at least ONE entry  for each category to  prevent
 any  problems  with the average computations.  It allows you to see
 the overall activity of the BBS in a graphical format.
~~~
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	USER FILE STATISTICS

 This  will  tell  you  the  total  users  tracked,  and total slots
 available.  It  lets  you look  at how  full your  database is. You
 should  always have around 25%  of your  slots free,  and it should
 never become  90% full,  if this  happens, you should increase  the
 size of your user file by using BATSINIT. If this ever occurs,  you
 need to manually back  up the  database  and  start  over  new, you
 cannot  change the SIZE of  the  user file  without  replacing  it,
 and  all  of the databases are linked to this file as an index.
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        DATABASE STATISTICS

 This  will  tell  you  the  total  number  or entries  in  the nine
 categories  BATS  tracks.  If  any  entry  exceeds 30,000 BATS will
 automatically archive  the  database  the  next  time  it scans and
 starts a fresh one, but USERBATS.DAT will not be lost.
~~~
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        AVERAGE STATISTICS

 This will tell you the average statistics  for the nine  categories
 per total users and calls.  It lets you know the  average  activity
 per call and per user.
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        AVERAGE CALL LENGTH (Registered version only)

 This will  tell you the  average call length  to the BBS.  It takes
 a  little   time  to   calculate because  it reads in each call and
 computes total length in hours,  minutes,  and seconds.
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        DOORS ACTIVATED

 This will search for doors activated by keywords.
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        DOWNLOADS ACTIVATED
	  
 This will search for downloads completed by keywords, it allows you
 see who has downloaded a specific file.
~~~
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        MESSAGES POSTED

 This will search for messages posted by area.
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        QUESTIONNAIRES ACTIVATED


 This will search for questionnaires completed by keywords.
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        UPLOADS COMPLETED

 This will search for uploads completed by keyword.
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        USER'S ACTIVITY

 This will search for a user's activity in the categories available.
 It is probably one of the most popular used commands.
~~~
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 BATS  has  encountered   an  error  while   attempting   to locate
 USERBATS.DAT  or another system file.  This could be caused by the
 following problems:

 1) You are not in the correct directory,  BATS need to be executed
    from the  directory  you have placed all of its files in and it
    is highly recommended that you place it in its own directory.
 2) You have not  created  USERBATS.DAT  with BATSCFG.EXE.  This is
    required and needs to be done before you can scan any log files
    or run BATS in interactive mode.
 3) ALASDOOR.LST, IGNRDOOR.LST, BATS.CFG or BATSLOGS.CFG are not in
    this directory or are missing.
 4) The directorys /ARCHIVE /ARCHIVE/TEMP and /LOGS are not created
    under the directory BATS is in,  RUN BATS.EXE to fix.
~~~
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 There is an  error with the database,  either you have not scanned
 any  logs  yet,  or  you   need to run ??TOOLS /SORT to remove any
 entries that may be bad.  If you are still encountering this error
 ...Please contact the author for assistance.
~~~
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 The printer is not responding and BATS cannot print to it.  Please
 check your connection,  paper and power and try it again.
~~~
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 BATS has encountered a fatal error  and  cannot  continue.  Please
 consider  that  you have something configured incorrectly and that
 you are in fact  in the  proper  directory.   Please take down the
 error number shown on the next page and send it to the author with
 any information you can provide if you cannot resolve this problem.
~~~
[99/5]
 PKZIP(tm) has not created the archive file.  Please make sure that
 you  do  in  fact have the path pointing to where PKZIP is located
 and that you have a sufficient amount of memory available.  A full
 memory size window is required if you are using a multi-tasker.
~~~
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 The log  scanner  has  indicated  that  your  database has reached
 theoretical  limits  in size  and  has  automatically archived the
 information in the  database  to  a  dated  archive located in the
 ARCHIVE directory.  The user  file  information HAS been preserved
 for totals and if you are a REGISTERED  user,  you will be able to
 view this database from the BATS menu VIA Files>View Archived.
~~~
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 Your database is empty,  we  cannot  archive  the database when it
 contains no entries.  If you have recently received a message that
 told you your  database was archived automatically,  and you are a
 registered user, you can use the VIEW function to examine it.
~~~
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 Now that BATS has  purged  out user information from the DATABASE,
 we need to remove it so that proper user identification can result.

 THIS MUST BE DONE AND BATS WILL NOW EXIT! I would like to take this
 moment  to explain that large databases require extra  memory  that
 BATS  could  be  occupying and the exit will de-allocate the RAM so
 sort can do its job.

 Activate your ??TOOLS.EXE with the following command

 ??TOOLS.EXE /SORT

 After this is done,  you may access BATS again.

 This is mandatory!!!!
~~~
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 USERBATS.DAT is missing or has not been created  with  BATSCFG.EXE
 upon    its   original   installation.   BATS.CFG,   BATSLOGS.CFG,
 ALASDOOR.LST and  IGNRDOOR.LST  must also be in this directory for
 BATS to operate correctly.
~~~
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 COMMAND LINE ERROR

 You must specify an option on the command line.

 ??TOOLS /SCANLOG <n> where <n> is the node number in BATSLOGS.CFG.

      You use this option to scan after each BBS call.  You should
      make sure that BATSLOGS.CFG line entries are the same  order
      as your node numbers.   If you have a two line BBS then line
      one should be entry one in  BATSLOGS.CFG and  so  on.   With
      this option you can maintain an up to the minute database.

 ??TOOLS /SCAN

      You use this option at midnight.   It is required you  scan
      scan after each call  or  not.   This  will  clean  up  the
      temporary log that  BATS  stores  in the LOGS directory and
      either delete or archive it for later reference.

??TOOLS /SORT

      This sorts the database files.  You must run this  seperate
      from /SCAN or /SCANLOG <n>

      You use this to sort the database,  highly recommended   if
      you are a multinode system.

~~~
[99/12]
 You have not registered BATS as of this time.   BATS is Shareware
 and  as such you are required to register it after three weeks of
 use.    Registration  will  disable  this   message, activate the
 unavailable options  in BATS, provide you with a toll-free access
 number to the author and  allows  the  author  to  develop   more
 products in the future.  Registering   BATS  now will ensure that
 any future features will work as soon as they   become available,
 all future versions will work with the same key as  listed in the
 license agreement in BATS.DOC. For more information please   read
 BATS.DOC.
~~~
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 Registration Key Validation Failure

 Your registration key does not match the name entered in BATS.CFG.
 If  the  information SEEMS to be correct but you are still  having
 problems, verify info in BATS.CFG and use all uppercase characters
 for your name and BBS name.  If you are still having problems with
 this, please contact me via the toll-free technical support number
 you received with your key. (US and Canada only)
~~~
[99/22]
 There is an isufficent amount of string space  available  to this
 program to
 continue.  This is the result of insufficent memory available for
 the job that the program needs to do.   It is a serious condition
 and if you are  running  in  a  multitasker  try and increase the
 amount of available  conventional  RAM  to  the maximum.   If you
 already have the maximum and  you  are  still  encountering  this
 problem,  please contact the author with  as  much  detail  about
 your system and what you were doing when this error occoured.
~~~
